Biblia Todo Logo
Cross References

- Advertisements -




Acts 20:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In every city I visit, I am told by the Holy Spirit that I will be put in jail and will be in trouble in Jerusalem.

See the chapter Copy

14 Cross References  

I will show him how much he must suffer for worshipping in my name.”

We didn't want any of you to be discouraged by all these troubles. You knew we would have to suffer,

We found the Lord's followers and stayed with them for a week. The Holy Spirit had told them to warn Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.

The army commander went over and arrested him and had him bound with two chains. Then he tried to find out who Paul was and what he had done.

He took Paul's belt, and with it he tied up his own hands and feet. Then he told us, “The Holy Spirit says that some of the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will tie up the man who owns this belt. They will also hand him over to the Gentiles.”

They encouraged the followers and begged them to remain faithful. They told them, “We have to suffer a lot before we can get into God's kingdom.”

If we don't give up, we will rule with him. If we deny that we know him, he will deny that he knows us.

The Spirit told Philip to catch up with the chariot.

I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of me. While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world.

Let him warn my five brothers, so they won't come to this horrible place.”

But after Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, he spent all his time preaching to the Jews about Jesus the Messiah.

I told Jews and Gentiles to turn to God and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God's great kindness.

God's Spirit clearly says that in the last days many people will turn from their faith. They will be fooled by evil spirits and by teachings that come from demons.




Follow us:

Advertisements


Advertisements